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jim spellman is live in peoria, illino illinois. it looks bad where you are. that water seems pretty high. >> about 14 feet above where it normally is right now, fredricka. this is the illinois river. it goes right through the heart of peoria, illinois. this building, the historic river station trying to keep dry. they're pumping out rooms in there. you can see people here are doing everything they can to try to prepare for another two feet or so of water. here in downtown peoria along the waterfront, they have erected this sort of handmade levy. sand bags over walls. they predict the water is going to get to just about here. if their predictions are right, they're hoping most of the businesses here are going to be okay. if their predictions are off, if any more rain comes or is higher than they predict, it will be trouble for the businesses. we were up in neighboring peoria heights, illinois. several businesses under water there. with 2 more feet to go in that part of illinois, there's going to be a lot more homes lost. they hope to keep the damage, you know,
jim spellman is live in peoria, illino illinois. it looks bad where you are. that water seems pretty high. >> about 14 feet above where it normally is right now, fredricka. this is the illinois river. it goes right through the heart of peoria, illinois. this building, the historic river station trying to keep dry. they're pumping out rooms in there. you can see people here are doing everything they can to try to prepare for another two feet or so of water. here in downtown peoria along...
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cnn's jim spellman is live in st. louis for us this morning. jim, paint the picture for us. it's pretty dire out there. >> take a look, this is st. louis. we're just below or just north of the famous gateway arch. this is sort of a boat terminal here. usually not under water. today under about five feet of water above flood stage. you can see how high this water has come up. similar circumstances here on the mississippi river. especially in these lower riverside communities. yesterday we were on another river, the illinois river, where we saw several of these low-lying communities just inundated with water. now we think it's cresting here today in st. louis. and that will be similar story in this part of the river system in the next day or two. cresting and then the slow process of the water receding. up north, in fargo, north dakota, it's a different story. warm temperatures there, it's going to cause accelerated snow melt. they're laying in sandbags and preparing for the worst up there in fargo. so even as it crests down here, this spring storm, and climate session that we
cnn's jim spellman is live in st. louis for us this morning. jim, paint the picture for us. it's pretty dire out there. >> take a look, this is st. louis. we're just below or just north of the famous gateway arch. this is sort of a boat terminal here. usually not under water. today under about five feet of water above flood stage. you can see how high this water has come up. similar circumstances here on the mississippi river. especially in these lower riverside communities. yesterday we...
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jim spellman live. and up next on "early start," boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, hiding in plain sight on a college campus in the days before his capture. cnn's chris lawrence has been talking to his stunned classmates at up mass dartmouth. we'll hear what the suspect told his friends about the bombing. flying is old hat for business travelers. the act of soaring across an ocean in a three-hundred-ton rocket doesn't raise as much as an eyebrow for these veterans of the sky. however, seeing this little beauty over international waters is enough to bring a traveler to tears. we're putting the wonder back into air travel, one innovation at a time. the new american is arriving. but i wondered what a customer thought? describe the first time you met. you brought the flex in... as soon as i met fiona and i was describing the problem we were having with our rear brakes, she immediately triaged the situation, knew exactly what was wrong with it, the car was diagnosed properly, it was fixed correctly
jim spellman live. and up next on "early start," boston bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, hiding in plain sight on a college campus in the days before his capture. cnn's chris lawrence has been talking to his stunned classmates at up mass dartmouth. we'll hear what the suspect told his friends about the bombing. flying is old hat for business travelers. the act of soaring across an ocean in a three-hundred-ton rocket doesn't raise as much as an eyebrow for these veterans of the sky....
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jim, what did the vice president say? >> we caught up with vice president joe biden as he was heading into an event to honor former congressional staffer gabe zimmerman, the staffer gunned down in the shooting that also wounded former congressman gabrielle giffords in tucson. that event is going on now. the vice president is speaking right now. as he was heading into that event, we threw a quick question at mr. biden about the events up in boston, what, if anything, he knows about the investigation. and he acknowledged that the government at this point doesn't have any hard information as he called it in this case. here is what he had to say. >> mr. vice president, any comment on what is happening in boston right now? >> we're going to get to the bottom of this. we don't have any hard information yet, but i can assure you we will find out who did it and bring them to justice. >> no sense as to whether this is domestic or foreign-based. >> not yet. >> and you can hear there as the vice president was walking away, the words
jim, what did the vice president say? >> we caught up with vice president joe biden as he was heading into an event to honor former congressional staffer gabe zimmerman, the staffer gunned down in the shooting that also wounded former congressman gabrielle giffords in tucson. that event is going on now. the vice president is speaking right now. as he was heading into that event, we threw a quick question at mr. biden about the events up in boston, what, if anything, he knows about the...